Spooky season is the perfect time of year to grab a partner or friend and play a game together. From horror survival games to spooky two-person narrative games, there are plenty of games to enjoy as the nights get longer and colder. Here are some spooky co op games on Nintendo Switch and PC to start enjoying those Halloween vibes!
Project Zomboid is the ultimate sandbox zombie survival game with endless possibilities. Take over any abandoned building and create the ultimate survival base. Either alone or in multiplayer, you can spend your days hunting zombies and raiding abandoned buildings. You can also spend all your time fishing, farming, and decorating your base!
Project Zomboid is also completely customizable with Steam Workshop. Use Steam's modding feature to add new maps, new armor, new weapons, and new character traits, as well as all kinds of craftables. This game is the perfect mesh between a horror zombie games and a slow, cozy crafting game. Project Zomboid is available on Steam.
7 Days to Die is a more action-packed first-person zombie game that's perfect for a spooky co-op Halloween game. 7 Days to Die took over 8 years to create, and the finished game is perfect for couples or friends to play for hours on end. Spend 6 days building the ultimate zombie-proof base to try to outlast day 7.
7 Days to Die is an easy co-op game to binge since every in-game day is equal to 1 hour of real time. After spending hours perfecting your base, completing quests, and exploring the four biomes, it's easy to want to see the next wave of zombies. Just how bad will it be? How many Day 7's can you last? 7 Days to Die is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
The Forever Winter is a new survival game that released in September, and it already has over 11,000 mostly positive review on Steam. Either in single player or online co-op, scavenge and survive in a war-torn apocalypse. Players use stealth and a multitude of weapons to defend your party against rogue machines.
In the shadow of humongous war machines, players scavenge battlefields and try to trick the game's unique AI. The Forever Winter has unique game AI that makes every battle different.
The enemies in the game learn from every encounter and will be smarter the next time around. The Forever Winter is a unique co-op horror game that will be perfect to play for spooky season. It's available in early access on Steam.
V Rising is the perfect spooky Vampire-themed game for Halloween. Players can build the ultimate vampire castle, collect new powers and new shapeshifting forms, and take on powerful enemies together. V Rising has almost 90,000 very positive reviews on Steam, and for a good reason.
V Rising is the best vampire survival game to release. Avoid the direct sunlight for fear of being burnt alive, enjoy greater vampire power during the Blood Moons, and hunt both animals and humans for different kinds of blood.
A new Castlevania expansion pack brings new castle designs and decorations. Whether you want to hunt, decorate, or explore, V Rising is the perfect co-op game for Halloween! V Rising is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Luigi's Mansion 3 is the perfect spooky couch co-op Nintendo Switch game for Halloween. Luigi's Mansion is playable with 1 to 8 people, meaning you can either enjoy a cozy night in with your partner or make Luigi's Mansion 3 part of a Halloween party!
After being invited to the Last Resort hotel, Luigi finds that Mario and the rest of the gang is missing! He must scale the ScareScraper with nothing but a trusty vacuum to suck up all the ghosts in his path. Clear haunted locations and solve puzzles with your friends in this couch co-op game!
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria released on Steam in August with a bunch of updates since it first came out in Early Access. If you think Fall equals another re-watch of Lord of the Rings, this is the perfect co-op game for you and your friends!
In Return to Moria, you and your friends play as dwarves working to reclaim their home in the Misty Mountains. The dwarven realm is procedurally generated, meaning that no two playthroughs will be the same!
Players can mine, craft, and build an entire dwarven kingdom underground! Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is available on Steam.
Dead by Daylight is a classic horror game that's still wildly popular. Almost 8 years after its initial release, Dead by Daylight has over 500,000 positive reviews on Steam. In this multiplayer horror game, 1 person in a party of 5 becomes the killer for the night, and the rest of the party has to survive.
In Dead by Daylight, the environment changes every time, keeping survivors on their toes. Dead by Daylight draws from all horror genres, meaning you can face a terrifying slasher killer or a supernatural enemy. Dead by Daylight is playable with 5 people, and is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Warframe is a co-op MMO with a new expansion coming out this winter. Warframe: 1999 gives major Stranger Things vibes, perfect for Fall and Winter. In Warframe, players collect different bio-metal suits, each with unique weapons and abilities. There are over 40 different warframes to unlock and hundreds of hours of storyline.
Warframe: 1999 brings new maps to the game that are set inside an abandoned 90's mall. Warframe is a popular first-person shooter with both fast-paced combat and plenty of quests and stories to discover. Warframe is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Diablo IV is known for its dark fantasy, grotesque bosses, and creepy atmosphere, and the game just released a new expansion this October. Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred brings a new class to play as well as tons of other updates.
The new Spiritborn class in Diablo IV is a melee class similar to Monks in Diablo III. Choose between four different spirit guardians: The Gorilla, the Eagle, the Centipede, and the Jaguar.
Each class changes your move set and passive abilities. Take on a new raid and new dungeons in this spooky co-op game. Diablo IV is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Finally, Sons of the Forest is a co-op horror survival game that came out this year. When you and your friends find yourselves stranded on a cannibal-infested island, you have no choice but to try and survive. Build your base, craft new weapons, and try to stay alive.
This spooky co-op game lets you and your partner or friends survive together on a remote island. Players face off against humanoid demons and otherworldly monsters. The seasons change on the island, meaning you can forage and fish in the Spring and make sure to stock up for Winter. Sons of the Forest is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
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